Late 2006 Black Macbook (C2D) Hard Drive

[mackid1993]

Sadly, the hard drive on my Late 2006 Macbook just went... thankfully I have a backup.

Nonetheless, I need a new drive. My local Staples has one in stock, but I just want to make sure that it is compatible.

The drive I'm looking at is the Western Digital WDBABC3200ANC.

The URL from Staples is http://www.staples.com/Western-Digital-Scorpio-Blue-320GB-SATA-Notebook-Hard-Drive/product_727970.

I'd really appreciate some help with this. Thanks!

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Yes, that HDD will work.

MacBook, MacBook Pro: Replacing the Hard Disk Drive, transferring data to the new HDD

the guide includes:

• 0. Identify your MacBook or MacBook Pro
• 1. Getting a new HDD
• 2. Guides to replace the internal HDD with a newer one
• 3. Transferring data from the old HDD to the new HDD
• 4. Using the optical disk drive (ODD) slot for placing an SSD or HDD inside the MB/P (OPTIBAY)

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How to format a new HDD to install Mac OS X onto (or make a bootable copy onto)​

 

[mackid1993]

Thanks! I really appreciate the quick response.

 

[yano729]

I have a similar question. I have a late 2006 black book as well, intel core 2 duo, two gigs of ram.

I have been looking to update to a SSD. 1) is it possible and 2) what would be the best suggestion for one?

Also what is the max limit on ram that you can have. I have read that you can have 3 gigs but then that requires you to have a 1 gig and a 2 gig. Thanks for your help guys I appreciate all the advice and help that has been offered on this website.

 

[iDutchman]

I have a similar question. I have a late 2006 black book as well, intel core 2 duo, two gigs of ram.

I have been looking to update to a SSD. 1) is it possible and 2) what would be the best suggestion for one?

Also what is the max limit on ram that you can have. I have read that you can have 3 gigs but then that requires you to have a 1 gig and a 2 gig. Thanks for your help guys I appreciate all the advice and help that has been offered on this website.

An SSD is possible. Look at SSD's such as the Crucial M4 64GB or Vertex 2/3. Those are lighting fast but not that expensive in the 64GB/60Gb storage options.

The MacBook is a Late 2006 Core2Duo, meaning it will be a MacBook 2,1.
The MacBook 2,1 supports 2x2GB RAM utilizing 3.3GB. That would be best for that machine.

On a side note: MacBook 3,1 and upwards support 6GB, but 4GB DDR2 are more expensive. I'd say 4GB is sufficient in such machines.


An Vertex 2/3 SSD + 4GB RAM and the machine will be flyin'

 

[yano729]

hey thanks for you reply. I am looking to get a little more storage out of the drive.

Anyone have any comments on this drive? reliable? good idea? any info on this hybrid ssh/hhd?

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Momentus-Solid-Hybrid-ST95005620AS/dp/B003NSBF32/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_T1?ie=UTF8&coliid=I4WO3PJIDLOOW&colid=3ENBMDCO911MV

 

[yano729]

anybody have any reviews of the hard drive i posted above for a macbook? compatible?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

anybody have any reviews of the hard drive i posted above for a macbook? compatible?

It is compatible.

And do you mean these reviews?

http://reviews.cnet.com/internal-hard-drives/seagate-momentus-xt-500gb/4505-9998_7-34109211.html
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/seagate_momentus_xt_500gb/
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hybrid-hard-drive-flash-ssd,3116.html
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/reviews/hard-disk/2010/05/25/seagate-momentus-xt-500gb-40089041/
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc...-ssd-/seagate-momentus-xt-500gb-710193/review
http://www.mactrast.com/2011/11/review-seagate-momentus-xt-500gb-hybrid-hard-drive/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3734/seagates-momentus-xt-review-finally-a-good-hybrid-hdd​

found via "Seagate Momentus XT 500 GB reviews"

Or do you mean actual threads?

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Maybe have a look at Advanced Search to find those "momnetus xt" threads:

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[yano729]

I am interested in updating my hard drive. I was looking at pure SSD's but for the price of the higher storage ones its not worth it. I was wondering if this any other MacBook user have used this hard drive and if so any noticeable speed/performance upgrades?